International Perspectives and Empirical Findings on Child Participation From Social Exclusion to Child-Inclusive Policies

Tali Gal, PhD, is Associate Professor of Criminology, University of HaifaBenedetta Faedi Duramy, JSD, is Associate Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law

Introduction
Tali Gal & Benedetta Faedi Duramy

1. A Feminist Perspective on Children and Law: From Objectification to Relational Subjectivity
Laura A. Rosenbury

Part I. Child participation in education and research settings
2. Inclusion and participation in special education processes in Ontario, Canada
Mona Paré

3. Implementing the principle of child participation: Pupil's participation in placement committees in Israel
Eran Uziely

4. Children and Young People's Participation in Research
Nigel Thomas

Part II. Child participation in family disputes
5. Implementation of Article 12 in Family Law Proceedings in Ireland and New Zealand: Lessons Learned and Messages for Going Forward
Aisling Parkes

6. Judicial Interviews of Children in Canada's Family Courts: Growing Acceptance But Still Controversial
Nicholas Bala, Rachel Birnbaum, and Francine Cyr

7. Children's Participation in Israeli Family Courts: An Account of an Ongoing Learning Process
Tamar Morag, Yoa Sorek, and Anat Inbar

Part III. Participatory mechanisms for children at risk
8. Inclusive and Respectful Relationships as the Basis for Child Inclusive Policies and Practice: The Experience of Children in Out-of-Home Care in Australia
Sharon Bessel

9. Child and Family Team Meetings: The Need for Youth Participation in Educational Success
Jodi Hall, Joan Pennell, and RV Rikard

10. Teen experiences of exclusion, inclusion and participation in child protection and youth justice in Vermont
Gale Burford and Sarah Gallagher

11. Professionals' Conceptions of "Children," "Childhood" and "Participation" in an Australian Family Relationship Services Sector Organisation
Anne Graham, Robyn Fitzgerald, and Judith Cashmore

Part IV. Child participation in the criminal process
12. Teen Courts: Children Participating in Justice
Lynne Marie Kohm

13. The Developmental Stakes of Youth Participation in American Juvenile Court
Emily Buss

14. Benefits of Restorative Reentry Circles for Children of Incarcerated Parents in Hawai'i
Lorenn Walker, Cheri Tarutani, and Diana McKibben

Part V. Child participation in the public sphere
15. Face to face: children and young people's right to participate in public decision-making
Chelsea Marshall, Bronagh Byrne, and Laura Lundy

16. Addressing the challenges of children and young people's participation: considering time and space
E. Kay M. Tisdall

17. Child Participation in Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Tara M. Collins

18. Children's Participation in Haiti
Benedetta Faedi Duramy

19. Conclusion - From Social Exclusion to Child-Inclusive Policies: Toward an Ecological Model of Child Participation
Tali Gal